My condolences to you on the death of your mother, that is a really hard adjustment to make.
She would be so proud of how your career is progressing, YOU are a tribute to her memory.
Please have a safe New Years Eve.
We are calling up our local Barnes & Noble to find out WHEN their Sunday NY Times will arrive, LOL.
Thank you for posting..... AND... if you happen to know ANYTHING about Iran, please don't be bashful in "sharing," so help me this apparent total press blackout reminds me of the day before we invaded Iraq, it just feels so eerie.
Thanks for the kind words. It happened at the very beginning of the year... I was sort of in a fog after that till a few months ago. She was much to young, only 56.
I do wish she was still around, I know she would be happy with how things have progressed.
I got my first “official” quote in the media a few weeks ago — it was pretty exciting!
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/2009/1215/Pakistan-suicide-attacks-spike-but-overall-attacks-are-down
Again, I do feel really bad for disappearing. I wanted to stop in during the Zazi saga but was worried people would be angry that I left without notice. I guess I should have known that TM folks are kind and forgiving in addition to so much else.
The piece will be in the op-ed section, it covers all three wars and the progress — or lack thereof in each.
My main projects are indices of each country... I just transitioned into the job during the last month or so but have been wrapped up in it since October.
It is interesting getting paid to go to work and read things I am fascinated by and also sobering to have the daily reminders of how much has been given to try to create a safer world.
http://www.brookings.edu/foreign-policy/afghanistan-index.aspx
http://www.brookings.edu/foreign-policy/pakistan-index.aspx
http://www.brookings.edu/saban/iraq-index.aspx